M0003526: Attendant packing red lead
- Date:
- 4 July 1933
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/29/7
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Public Health: working conditions
Description
Glass plate negative of two photographs. The top photograph is a print showing the process of a factory worker packing red lead, wearing a respirator (mask) with the inlet of an exhaust ventilator directly above. The bottom photograph is of a case of gas tar cancer on the wrist.
Publication/Creation
4 July 1933
Physical description
2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request